Category: Burgundy
Burgundy
The initial idea of tonight’s little tasting was to expand our knowledge of Gevrey-Chambertin villages-level wines. One of the two was so utterly horrible I felt it insulted our …
Burgundy
I was at the Howard Ripley 2008 Burgundy tasting last night. It was most interesting, many thanks to Sebastian Thomas for squeezing me in at the last minute. Generally, …
Books
Book review: Liquid Memory – why wine matters by Jonathan Nossiter We were given this book as a christmas present. Written by the director of the film Mondovino, it …
Burgundy
We braved to cold today to go and visit our friends James and Katie. They have a three-week old baby (who is quite cute) so we thought they would …
Burgundy
This was a gift, I was told it had good fruit. I think this is what you want from 2000 red Burgundy. Pommard Premier Cru Grands Epenots 2000, Pierre …
Burgundy
After the awfulness of the wines we’ve popped so far tonight this is quite the treat. It really developed over time; decanting white Burgundy, especially young wines, is often …
Burgundy
Last New Year we opened three bottles of Champagne, and they were all buggered. It seems a similar thing is happening a year later. OK, the Dancer wine was …
Burgundy
When discussing the day’s wines via text messages I have been reminded that Vincent Dancer makes wines for enjoying sooner rather than later. I wonder if that is the …
Burgundy
In our quest to elucidate more about the Cote de Nuits villages we can move up a level to the Premier Crus. This time the poll question is: Which …
Burgundy
It has been ten days since I posted my poll about which Cote de Nuits village makes the best village-level wines. You can see the results here. It seems …
